**Working Moms Check-in**

vflipo

OK - I'm a complete failure. I think I'll start posting on Monday. I have most Fridays off, so I thought that would be perfect. But, apparently I do more on days I work

List 1 up and 1 down for the week.

QOTW: What's your favorite breakfast food?

vflipo

I am **this close** to turning in my application for nursing school. I have about 4-8 weeks for my fingerprint clearance card to get here and then I'm turning it in!! I can't wait to ... wait. The nursing program here is non-competitive. So, you meet the criteria, turn in your app, and wait about 2 years to get placed.

DH has been super depressed lately. He's almost done with school, but the class he's in now is probably the hardest so far. He's starting to get discouraged. But, there's only 11 weeks left, so that's a plus!

QOTW: I LOVE cereal. My favorite is probably Honey Bunches of Oats. Or Coco Puffs

Aviee

I wanna go first!

Up: We started house hunting finally!

Down: DD has been eating every hour both day and night due to gas that I can't get rid of or find the source of.

QOTW: Oatmeal with peanut butter and sugar has been my yummy go-to, although I'd kinda like to eat some blueberry waffles instead sometime.

vflipo

Aviee:

QOTW: Oatmeal with peanut butter and sugar has been my yummy go-to, although I'd kinda like to eat some blueberry waffles instead sometime.

I love blueberry waffles. I haven't been able to have dairy for almost 2 weeks, so I miss my cereal. But, I've been eating waffles instead. Mmmmm.

Lilleybug

Up : Started my special ed credential program

Down: Turns out I am number 8 to get a position and there currently are not 8 positions available, so it looks like I may be a SAHM on unemployment next year....not exactly what I had planned and for the 22K it is costing me for this credential I'd better have a job if not this year next year! 2nd year being laid off and it is so depressing. 

hjohn

My baby boy is 6 months old!!!  I can't believe it!  He finally rolled over tummy to back on Sunday, and was SOOOOO CLOSE to rolling back to tummy last night.  He has more than doubled his weight (born at 6 lbs at 36 weeks, now is 16 lbs!)

LO didn't wake up before I left for work yesterday so I had to wait until 4:30 to see him- it sucked.  And then someone crazy at work took my ice pack for my breastmilk so I was freaking out about my milk going bad on the commute home.  Overreacted, but whatever.  Crap move by someone.  My overreaction showed me how much I stress about breastfeeding.  I'm seriously thinking about going to formula for my sanity soon.  I made it to my goal of 6 months so I'm happy with that. We'll see what happens.

Oh, and favorite breakfast food is either donuts or a croissants- healthy eh? 

GracieMaeLovey

I got to spend the entire week with DS while on vacation.  Also was able to pump 30+ ounces for the freezer- sweetness.

I got to spend the entire week with DS while on vacation and now I miss him like mad!  Oh, and work blows.  I need to get my act together and reevaluate.  If I'm going to do this working mom thing (not that I have any other options), I want more.  I want to be happy at my job like I once used to be- not sure where/when things went wrong, but I do not enjoy having a bad attitude about my work. 

QOTW- toast!!

magdalina.h

My co-irker just announced her retirement

we had planned on moving in the next year, but MH's job has him traveling so much. We have a lot that we have to do to get our house ready to go on the market and I have no idea when we can start

QOTW-My mom's scrambled eggs with bacon

christyp80

I found out this douchebag I work with is getting fired!!  Finally!!  I hate to cheer for that, but after 2 years of picking up his slack, it's about time.

A BR one...Auds has been sleeping SO much better lately.  We went through about a month of 6-8 times a night wake ups, and the past week and a half its been only 2-3, and consistently at the same times each night.  Nowhere near STTN, but so much more doable!

I started a new job at my same company after maternity leave, and I'm finding that it's more challenging than expected.  I love that I am being challenged, but I hate that it's taking me longer than I thought to catch on.  I want to feel like I am excelling at the job, and so far, I've only been learning and asking questions.

ETA: I forgot QOTW.  Fave breakfast food is avocado, salsa, and cheddar omelet.

kmh2201

Up - We closed on the sale of our old house and are back to owning just 1 house!

Down - The power went out yesterday morning around 8 am, which created many problems.  I planned to work from home because DS had a dr. appt.  My car got stuck in the garage until a neighbor could help me open the garage door manually.  (You have to pull down on the release lever and lift the door at the same time - I just don't have the strength to do that.)  DH had to leave work to pick up DS from daycare and take him to the dr., where I eventually met him so we could switch and DH could go back to work.  Then I had to go in to work for the rest of the day.  Then I had to leave work a little early to go home and pack for an overnight at my parents' house almost an hour away.  (We have a well, so the well pump runs on electricity.  No electricity = no running water.)  DH stayed at the house last night so I didn't have to take the dog with me.  Thankfully the power came back on last night around 9 pm, so we don't have to do that all again tonight.

My favorite breakfast food is blueberry pancakes.

courtneyt13

Up- Hannah turned 5 months on Sunday and is now sitting unassisted.

Down- I really miss her today.

Fav Breakfast- I am a low carb/sugar person so I guess bacon (thick sliced), eggs (scrambled hard with cheese) and sausage but if I could chose anything pancakes with tons of butter and syrup maybe french toast.  

sarag0116

Up-- Audrey doesn't seem to be sick anymore (she was sick over the wknd) and has returned to being my smiling, laughing sweet baby.

Down-- I miss her a lot this week at work

QOTW:  Right now, I'm digging frosted mini wheats.  I'm obsessed with Krispy Kreme doughnuts, but the closest one is 30+ min away.  I like lots of other breakfast foods too.

Firedancer1013

Up? My Dh got a new job much closer to home, yay! Down? My crappy haircut is at the stage where it looks terrible no matter what I do because it's in that in between stage while I grow it out. My favorite breakfast is pancakes like banana nut pancakes, but I usually eat oatmeal and peanut butter for my supply.